![]() ![]() Usually, they follow a more or less ancient concept of cosmology: a flat disk, covered by a hard dome that is the sky, and celestial bodies move across the surface of the dome. Generationally, Millennials and Gen-Z are far more likely than Boomers and Gen-X to disagree or show uncertainty that the earth is a sphere, so it’s getting worse, not better. Yep, various studies have shown that at least 10% of the population believes that the earth is flat and that up to 30% are not certain that it is a sphere. I was a bit shocked to discover that friends and even fellow seminary students were, in fact, devoted flat-earthers! Are there actually people who believe the earth is flat? That means that even in seminary, while I knew that scripture tended to reference a flat-earth cosmology, I never took serious the notion that the earth is flat. Aside from having some of the craziest electives on my transcripts, it gave me an appreciation for the complexities of things like orbital mechanics. This week we’ll be looking at the flat-earth online community and its surprising growth and permeation into churches.ĭuring my undergrad years, I spent most of that time studying aerospace engineering before eventually changing majors. If you want to catch up on some of the previous you can find the whole series here. ![]() This week we continue our series on the online cult-like communities and groups that you will find making their way into churches.
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